Findings of Alona protzi Hartwig 1900 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda. Chydoridae) in Finland

Ab stract Alona protzi is a rare spe cies of Cla do cera, oc cur ring in lake lit to ral through out Europe. How ever, lit tle is known about this ani mal, and so far it has not been in cluded in pro vi sional lists of spe cies found in Fin land. In this short re port we pres ent our find ings of Alona protzi, both re cent and sub fos sil ma te rial, as well as one pre vi ous, un pub lished find ing site of the spe cies in Fin land. We found three sub fos sil shells of this spe cies in the bot tom sedi ments of two lakes. In a third lake we found in tact ani mals, an ephip pial fe male and a male, while sam pling stony bot tom of lake lit to ral.